Chapter 416 Partial Destruction


    “Okay, then the game “Blood of Lies” is almost finalized, and the next step is to perfect the specific design.”


    ?Lilith said, her eyes scanning the faces of the three people one by one.


    ?Who should we choose as the producer of "Blood of Lies" this time?


    Logically speaking, the three people in front of me all have a dark history, but in comparison, Wei Chengjie seems to have less of a dark history.


    ?Especially since Gu Fan and Zhou Yang made some suggestions about this game just now, since these suggestions were made by them, they are more likely to lead to a trap.


    Thinking of this, Lilith subconsciously wanted to announce that Wei Chengjie would be in charge of "Blood of Lies".


    ?However, at this moment, Wei Chengjie seemed to suddenly think of something, and raised his hand and added: "Mr. Li, I suddenly thought of another mechanism.


    “I want to add a part destruction system to the game!”


    ?Lilith frowned slightly: "Part of it destroyed?"


    ?This concept is quite common and is also reflected in some action games.


    For example, the common "tail docking" is the most common part damage.


    In action games, if the player only locks the center point of the boss, and then hits it wherever it hits, it will cause damage, then this kind of battle will actually be boring and there is no strategy at all.


    Therefore, in order to increase the strategy and skill of the battle, some action games will calculate different parts of the boss separately.


    ?For example, the head, legs, tail and other parts of a monster have different damage reduction rates. For example, in some large monster hunting games, there is the concept of "meat quality".


    ? Players can deal higher damage to parts with better flesh quality; while some parts with extremely poor flesh quality will not only cause very low damage when cut, but may also cause the knife to bounce off.


    In order to further increase the rewards for attacking specific parts, designers will further propose the concept of "part destruction". For example, when the player accumulates a certain amount of damage to a specific part of the boss, that part will be destroyed, making the next battle easier for the player.


    For example, "Tail Breaking", when the player causes a certain amount of damage to the monster''s tail, the monster''s tail will break. After that, all "tail flicking" operations of the monster will no longer cause damage to the player, greatly increasing the player''s output. space; in addition, players can often get some additional prop rewards after docking their tails.


    Zhou Yang raised objections to this: "The part destruction system... Although this idea is a good one, we don''t know if our combat system can support it."


    ?Obviously, this part destruction system looks wonderful, but in fact it is rarely used in most action games.


    Even if it is adopted, there are often only simple mechanisms such as "tail cutting", and it is not really that complicated. Several different areas are divided on the boss, and then partial destruction effects are created for each area.


    Difficulty of development is one aspect. The key lies in whether the combat system supports it.


    ?Games that make part destruction very complex often have very powerful combat mechanisms.


    The characters in the game have complex combos and derivation. Players can familiarize themselves with the boss''s moves and use powerful combos to repeatedly hit specific parts of the boss to complete the damage.


    But what if the players in the game don’t have too many complex combos and derivation?


    ?For example, for a large dragon in the game, when it raises its head, most of the player''s melee attacks cannot hit it, so what''s the point of adding a locking position for the head at this time? Don’t players still have to be obedient and get a pedicure?


    Therefore, for games with a relatively simple combat system, even if complex part destruction is done, players will not be able to use it at all. In this case, it is better not to do it and simply dock the tail.


    What’s more, the part destruction system often requires the boss to have an extremely long health bar.


    But now most battles have become short and fast. Players basically decide the outcome of the battle within three to five minutes. In such a short period of time, it is difficult to show the advantages of part destruction effects.


    In short, for games with complex combat mechanisms and combat times as long as twenty or thirty minutes, part destruction is necessary; but for games with simple combat mechanisms and short combat times, part destruction is completely unnecessary.


    It is better to just do the damage multiplier of different parts.


    From the current point of view, "Blood of Lies" is obviously the latter.


    Seeing that everyone was thinking further and further, Wei Chengjie hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, you all misunderstood, and it''s my fault that I didn''t make it clear. I''m not talking about the destruction of the boss''s parts, but the destruction of the player''s parts.


    “The player is the one being destroyed.”


    As soon as this statement came out, everyone was a little confused.


    "ah?


    “The player’s part is destroyed?”


    Lilith''s eyes brightened instantly: "Okay! What a great idea!"


    ?What a genius design!


    Obviously, this is definitely a good way to collect negative emotions.


    The damaged parts will definitely be accompanied by increased injuries and loss of specific functions. This must be a punishment measure for the defender.?????Imagine that the player is in the middle of a fierce battle with the boss, and is being beaten crazily because he is not familiar with the boss''s skills. Fortunately, the player also has health recovery items that can continuously restore his own health.


    But just when the player sees the light, his body parts are destroyed!


    ?For example, the leg is damaged, causing his movement speed to slow down, rolling to slow down, and the invincibility frame to be shortened, or the left arm is damaged, and the function of the prosthetic limb cannot be used normally, and the attack movements become slow...


    ?Even more shamelessly, when the player''s legs are severely damaged, they will directly collapse to the ground and cannot move, and can only passively receive the boss''s attack...


    It’s infuriating just thinking about it!


    Zhou Yang was also shocked. He looked at Wei Chengjie and was a little confused: Where are you from?


    Obviously, this design is of no benefit to players at all!


    Wei Chengjie continued: "Of course, Mr. Li, in order to make this system look more confusing, this alone is not enough. My idea is that two additional mechanisms are needed to protect it.


    “First of all, we also do upper body damage for all bosses to show that we treat bosses and players equally.


    “But considering the performance of the character, most parts of the boss are actually very difficult to damage.


    “Secondly, we can create different parts-destruction mechanisms for the human biological body and the puppet’s mechanical body.


    “There are obvious differences between the two in terms of damage reduction rate, repair methods, damage results and other details.”


    Lilith was a little confused: "You mean to make more differences between the human body and the doll''s body?


    "I remember saying before that the damage reduction rate of dolls will be higher. So correspondingly, the human body will get more treatment from the blood-sucking mechanism? It will be easier to recover?"


    Wei Chengjie shook his head: "More than that, I think it can also be set to make the human body more flexible. Whether it is stepping to dodge, rolling, or attacking, the speed will become faster and smoother.


    “However, the human body can also become extremely fragile, and it can be destroyed by just touching it.”


    ?Lilith frowned slightly, obviously not understanding what this meant at the first time.


    Wei Chengjie continued: "According to the destruction mechanism, not only is it more difficult for the doll''s body to be destroyed, but even after it is destroyed, the original limbs can still barely exert their due capabilities. However, the effect will be compromised.


    “But the human body is not only easily destroyed, but once destroyed, it will completely lose its capabilities. Not only that, limb destruction will be accompanied by a large amount of bleeding, directly reducing the player’s upper limit of health.”


    Lilith understood instantly: "Huh? What a good design! This is indeed a good design!"


    Obviously, this must be considered in conjunction with the lying mechanism mentioned before.


    Players can actively use various props to transform themselves into dolls, but if they continue to lie, they will become more and more like humans.


    ?What kind of player would choose to lie? Apparently most are players who find the regular process difficult and want to avoid suffering.


    Therefore, this will give them the illusion that lying can not only skip certain processes and avoid certain bosses, but also make their movements more and more flexible in the process of becoming more like humans.


    ?Whether it is dodging the enemy''s attack or attacking the enemy in reverse, it becomes more convenient.


    Players must feel more and more relaxed when fighting ordinary mobs.


    Although the mobs in the game are relatively difficult to deal with, as long as the player is careful and fights them one by one, and uses some long weapons to go first without flicking the knife, pushing the map is still relatively simple.


    At this time, the human body will have unparalleled advantages.


    But once you encounter the key boss, the situation becomes completely different!


    First of all, because of the lying mechanism, when a player''s lie is revealed during a critical boss, the dynamic difficulty will be directly reset to normal difficulty. For players who are used to easy difficulty, this is simply a nightmare;


    Secondly, key bosses are not like minions and must require the player''s back and certain operations to defeat them.


    ? Once the player is hit by the boss, it is likely to trigger a series of debuffs such as severed limbs, reduced upper limit of blood volume, and limited basic functions.


    The advantage of human beings with flexible movements is difficult to take advantage of among this type of players.


    It can be said that it is definitely a double critical hit for this kind of players!


    It is also a good move to add destructible parts to the boss.


    Although it is not ruled out that some top players can use specific techniques to destroy parts, considering the not too complicated action system of "Blood of Lies" and the operation level of most players, the vast majority of players may be reluctant to do so. It would be nice to have a docked tail.


    ?Those parts that look beautiful are damaged and cannot be repaired at all.


    Players who are too obsessed with part destruction will disrupt their combat rhythm and make themselves suffer even more.


    The combination of various factors obviously makes it worse for those players who are already mediocre in operation, and "Blood of Lies", wrapped in layers of "looking beautiful" mechanisms, has turned into a time bomb, killing those who are happy. The cheated players were blown to pieces!


    And they have to play the game in-depth for a long time before they discover this desperate truth.


    It sounds like this game is more reliable!


    (End of this chapter)